Taralabs(타라랩) RSC® Air Reference AC 파워케이블

RSC Air Reference AC 15amp US Plugs 6ft/1.8m

The RSC Air Reference AC  uses Air-tube™ technology that reduces dielectric distortion within cable; has an extremely low noise floor with unsurpassed picture clarity.  It is shielded and has 14 gauge conductor runs; SA-OF8N® copper; 24 RSC® Gen 2 conductors separated into live and neutral paths; live and neutral paths are in individual Teflon® air-tubes™ and separately shielded; ground path is provided by exterior shield; Anti-Corrosion coated SA-OF8N® copper braided shield.

• Wattgate standard IEC plug, shielded

• 14 gauge conductor runs.

• SA-OF8N® copper.  • 24 RSC® Gen 2 conductors separated into live and neutral paths.

• Live and neutral paths are in individual Teflon® air-tubes and separately shielded.

• Ground path is provided by exterior shield.

• Air-tube™ technology reduces dielectric distortion within cable.

• Extremely low noise floor.

• Unsurpassed picture clarity.

RSC Air Cable

The theoretical ideal of conductors suspended in air is impractical for common use. Conductors need to be insulated and cable products need to be constructed or fabricated in some manner. In the design phase, a cable increases in cost as the performance requirement is increased also. Simple extrusions of conductors in insulated jackets are easy enough to produce and are quite cost effective, but the subsequent shielding of an interconnect for example, requires a shield to be uniformly constructed around the cable to maintain consistent conductor to shield capacitance; an important consideration for high frequency linearity and accurate signal transmission. So the once simple extrusion of conductors in insulated jackets now becomes more complex. Until now there has been no simple extruded cable design that meets the following criteria.

1) Space the conductors apart uniformly with minimal dielectric material to reduce the cost as well as the coloration caused by dielectric (insulation) materials.

2) Separate the conductors from the shield without the addition of further dielectric material construction around conductors (normally required to build up the cable in preparation for shielding).

The Air Series Interconnects represent a real advancement in audio cable design and technology. The new ‘isolation air-tube’ from TARA Labs is a proprietary extruded air-tube which eliminates the need for the typical dielectric construction in a typical cable. Using hollow channels along the inner wall of the main air-tube, the positive and negative conductors are isolated from each other with absolutely minimal dielectric absorption and coloration of the audio signal. No unnecessary dielectric materials fill the space between the conductors. Additionally, because the extruded main tube can be any appropriate diameter, the shield can be uniformly seperated form the conductors just as in a typical cable construction but without requiring further dielectric material build up within the cable. Due to the absence of typical dielectric or insulation construction in the cable, the result is an extremely open and revealing cable product, able to transfer subtle detail and ambient information without distortion or coloration.
 

Super Annealed Oxygen Free Eight Nines Copper (SA-OF8N) is the new standard in high performance copper purity. Variances in copper purity will result in audible differences. It is generally accepted that a purer, more conductive material can be more accurate and revealing than a material that is less conductive.

TARA Labs proprietary annealing process, known as Super Annealing (SA) along with Oxygen Free Eight Nines Copper that is frequency tuned in a cold environment (99.999999%) creates a unique, long, unbroken crystal structure called “Mono-crystal™” which has exquisitely smooth and detailed transfer of frequencies over a very wide bandwidth.

Additionally, this new Mono-crystal™ eliminates the high-frequency distortion caused by the junctions or breaks between crystals in typical copper conductors. Acting like diodes, those junctions between crystals in normal copper would alter the flow of high-frequency AC, causing audible distortion.

In addition, Tara Lab's patented RSC (rectangular solid core) conductors have become the definitive technology in high-end audio cables. The rectangular shape offers a unique advantage over round conductors. They have the necessary mass for solid bass, yet are thin enough for a coherent reproduction of mid-range and high frequencies.

The RSC is not subject to the same high frequency losses that hamper traditional round conductors. To further understand the principle behind RSC technology, it is necessary to understand a phenomenon known as “skin effect”

This principle states that in a round conductor, higher frequencies will tend to travel towards the outside (or skin) of the conductor, while lower frequencies will travel closer to the center of the conductor. The larger the diameter of a round conductor, the worse the effect will be, resulting in a significant roll-off of high frequencies in large gauge conductors. Because of its rectangular cross section, an RSC conductor essentially has no center like a round conductor. Therefore it does not suffer the same high frequency losses. It is the only conductor that is able to combine high current-carrying capability with extreme frequency linearity across the musical spectrum.